GENICHESK, March 30. /TASS/. Russian forces destroyed two Ukrainian howitzers on the right bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson Region, the regional emergency services told TASS on Thursday.

"Yesterday, a 2S1 Gvozdika howitzer with ammunition was destroyed in the area of the settlement of Antonovka. Five Ukrainian personnel were killed. At night, artillery fire in the area of the settlement of Nikolskoye destroyed a D-30 howitzer with ammunition. Five Ukrainian servicemen were killed while another two suffered wounds of various severity," the regional emergency services said.

Overnight to March 30, Ukrainian tube artillery fired 44 shells against civilian infrastructure of five settlements on the left bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson Region, the regional emergency services said.